Popular medicine, customs and superstitions of the Rio Grande

John Gregory Bourke (1846–1896) was a distinguished American soldier, ethnologist, and author, whose scholarship holds a mirrored reflection of his disciplined military service and genuine interest in the lives and cultures of Native American peoples. Born on June 23, 1846, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bourke enrolled at West Point and served as an officer in the U.S. Army, an experience that sh...